Newfoundfreedom

Just watched the latest episode, and without spoiling the results, the one voted off this week is an absolute legend in my eyes. I'm a missive fan of their music, but still wouldn't have guessed who it was. Also I can't believe they were voted off against the competition. Sorry to be vague, but I don't want to spoil the results for anyone else who is interested but hasn't yet seen the show. Spoiler below Don't read any further Don't look Close your eyes I warned you........ (It was .........self moderated and deleted so as not to give the game away)

F#@K Like A Beast by WASP

Welcome. Talkingbass.net is a great place to start. There are loads of free lessons and resources, but I would highly recommend the bass fundamentals course.

The best thing about the whole show is the costumes. Some of them are superb! The costume department should be proud. Everyone else involved should hang their heads in shame. 😂

The wattage is no problem, providing the ohms ratings match.

And it's absolutely superb!

Just watching it now. Jesus the American, oriental looking judge guy is irritating! Don't know if I'll bother watching any more. To be honest, I probably won't have the fist idea who the so called "celebrities" are even once they're revealed.

No. It works the other way around, which at first seems counter intuitive. A 4 ohm amp will run 2 8ohm cabs, giving a combined load of 4 ohm, or a single 8 Ohm cab at slightly reduced power. Basically don't worry about it. Pretty much any amp on the market will run an 8 ohm cab. Just be careful if you get an all valve amp, as you will have to select the load. Anything class D, or solid state will be pretty much plug and play.

Because there is no "standard" way of quoting power ratings, and while RMS is preferred by most, it is at best, inaccurate. Even then, wattage and volume aren't as closely correlated as people think. Anyone will tell you, Trace Elliot watts are far louder than their competitors. So, with the lack of an industry standard, why not quote peak ratings? They're probably the most accurate, and Bugera are far from the only ones doing it. Even high end manufacturers like Trickfish quote peak ratings. Plus it sounds far more impressive on marketing gumph, which doesn't hurt.

I'd just seen the number on Amazon drop 2 two as my finger as hovering over the buy button. I was hoping you had taken the plunge. I'm so tempted to buy one myself, but I have to pay a extra £25 for delivery, and while it's still dirt cheap at that. I've got a heavy financial month and I'm trying to talk myself out of it. Well done for buying one. I'm sure you won't be disappointed. I absolutely love mine. I'm sure @stewblack would also tell you the same.

I'd take their arm off at that price! I'd do it quickly too. Only 3 left according to Amazon. I've got the Mosfet version, and if i'd paid £500 it would still be the best money i'd ever spent. In fact I'm tempted to buy the valve version myself at that price, just to see how they compare. These things are unbelievable! Absolute tone monsters and the power that just keeps coming. I've had mine over a year now and it's all I ever use. The noises it makes are sublime. Not sure how the 3 year warranty would work buying from Amazon, but you definitely get it buying direct from Thomann.

Yay! Working in condensed mode fine for me now. Cheers

The head is fine, but for what it costs to pick up a decent second hand bass cab these days, I wouldn't even bother risking the guitar cab.

Sup wi ya? Banter is the best part of being in a band. Without the banter I wouldn't be interested.

Cool. That's done the trick. Thanks!

Bookmarked for later perusal. Thanks

No idea how to do that. I've just looked through the menus and can't find anything about custard creams. 😂

Same here. It's really wearing thin now. It makes browsing the site on mobile a total ballache.

Around 12 in 10 weeks, which was way too many, so I quit the band. 12 in a year would be plenty for me. Maybe 2 a month in summer at a push, but only if they're afternoon gigs.

The only thing I've learned so far is I prefer humbuckers to J or P's. Purely aesthetically, I prefer natural wood to paint, and I like the look and feel of through necks more than bolt ons (although I don't currently own one). I prefer modern looking basses and the old Fenders or Fender style basses do nothing for me at all. Everything else is still up in the air. I'm just starting to experiment with 5 and 6 strings. But I have no idea about string spacing and haven't yet developed any taste for a particular brand of strings. Although given the option i'd probably take Elixirs, having used them on my acoustic for years.

I love all the technical explanations we get on here. To be honest, most of it goes straight over my head, but it's great to know that someone in the "community" has the expertise to point us in the right direction, should we need it.

I've never yet had them on a bass, but I swear buy them on my acoustic guitar. They last for years and feel great on the fingers. As said above, they're not as bright straight out of the packet as regular round wound strings, but whereas regular strings lose their zing pretty quickly. Elixirs just keep on trucking. Definitely worth the extra money in my opinion. The only reason I'm not currently using them is because I'm currently getting Diddarios at half price from a friend who used to run a music shop.

30 years is pretty good going. I think I lasted about 2 months before i'd had enough. in fact, here's a thread I started a few months ago on the very subject. 😂

I'm sure there must be a real calculation, that someone far more clever than me will know. But I usually go with half, and minus 10 percent (of the original fugure) for safety. So 2000w peak would be around 800rms at the lowest ohm rating. I'm happy to accept this is probably miles out, but anything rated at 2000w peak is far louder than I'm ever going to need, so there's plenty of room for error. My Veyron is rated at 2000w peak, and I can't get it anywhere near half volume before my ears start to bleed. Incidentally, people who have run it side by side with comparable 800w (rms) amps reckon that 800 rms is about right in the real world.

I never even knew music in churches was a thing in the UK. The USA gospel churches, yeah I get that. But the only type of music I've ever seen in UK churches is an old organ and maybe a choir. Certainly never any kind of band.